Krzysztof Arciszewski
Krzysztof Arciszewski (9 December 1592 – 7 April 1656) was a Polish nobleman, military officer, engineer, and ethnographer. Arciszewski also served as a general of artillery for the Netherlands and Poland. He was brought up in a family of devout members of the Polish Brethren Church - his father was a pastor, and his cousin was the celebrated theologian Jonasz Szlichtyng.
Krzysztof Arciszewski
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- Name
- Krzysztof Arciszewski
- Born
- 9 December 1592
- Died
- 7 April 1656
- Birthplace
- Rogalin, Poland–Lithuania
- Place of death
- Near Gdańsk, Poland–Lithuania
- Nationality
- Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.
- Occupation
- military officer, engineer and poet.
- Education
- Leiden University.
- Languages
- Lithuanian and Polish.
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Krzysztof Arciszewski (9 December 1592 – 7 April 1656) was a Polish nobleman, military officer, engineer, and ethnographer. Arciszewski also served as a general of artillery for the Netherlands and Poland. He was brought up in a family of devout members of the Polish Brethren Church - his father was a pastor, and his cousin was the celebrated theologian Jonasz Szlichtyng.
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Biography
Biography
After murdering Kacper Jaruzel Brzeźnicki, he was condemned to infamy and exile, and left Poland in 1623. He went to the Netherlands where he settled in the Hague. There he converted to Calvinism. Thanks to support of Krzysztof Radziwiłł he was able to study artillery, military engineering and navigation at Leiden University. In 1637 he became a vice-governor of Dutch Brazil and head chief of Dutch military forces in that country. In 1646 he returned to Poland, where he became General of the Artillery.
![Tytuł: Christoff Artiszewsky General Leútenant in Brasilien Adres wydawniczy: [1639]](https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/Krzysztof_Arciszewski_%28428832%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/1280px-Krzysztof_Arciszewski_%28428832%29_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
Tytuł: Christoff Artiszewsky General Leútenant in Brasilien Adres wydawniczy: [1639]
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• Name — Krzysztof Arciszewski • Born — 9 December 1592 • Died — 7 April 1656 • Birthplace — Rogalin, Poland–Lithuania • Place of death — Near Gdańsk, Poland–Lithuania • Allegiance — Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth Dutch Republic • Rank — General • Battles — Dutch invasions of Brazil • Relations — Jonasz Szlichtyng (cousin)
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Krzysztof Arciszewski is recorded as military officer, engineer and poet.
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1592
Krzysztof Arciszewski was born in 1592 at Rogalin.
1656
Krzysztof Arciszewski died in 1656 at Gdańsk.
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A medal minted by the Dutch West India Company in 1637 in honour of Krzysztof Arciszewski as a cartographic source, Polish Cartographical Review, 2018.
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- 1.Les Pays-Bas et la traite des Noirs. 33.
- 2.G. Engelberts Gerrits. Fastes de la marine hollandaise. 286.
- 3."Relationship between the Indians and the Dutch in XVII century Brazil" par Hannedea C. van Nederveen Meerkerk, sous la direction de Luiz Sávio de Almeida, unité de recherches sur les Indiens du Nordeste, Federal University of Alagoas à Maceió, en 2000 https://www.mowic.org/Indian%20Tales%202000.pdf
- 4.L'histoire du Brésil. cosmovisions.
- 5.Pieter C. Emmer. Les Pays-Bas et la traite des Noirs. 35. 2-84586-604-6.
- 6.Les Pays-Bas et la traite des Noirs. 2005. 978-2-84586-604-1.
- 7.Biographie universelle, ancienne et moderne. 1847.
- 8.Le Médailler de Pologne Ou Collection Des Médailles, Ayant Rapport À L'histoire de Ce Pays Depuis Les Plus Anciennes Jusqu'a Celles Qui Ont Été Frappées Sous Le Régne Du Roi Jean III (1513 - 1696). Asher. 1845.
- 9.H. Bots and P. E. Leroy. Le Brésil sous la colonisation néerlandaise Douze lettres de Vincent-Joachim Soler, pasteur à Recife, à André Rivet (1636-1643). Bulletin de la Société de l'Histoire du Protestantisme Français (1903-2015). 130. octobre-novembre-décembre 1984. 556-594.
- 10.De theologia gentili et physiologia christiana sive de origine et progressu idolatriae par Gérard Voss en 1642 à Amsterdam
- 11.Janusz Tazbir. La conquête de l'Amérique à la lumière de l'opinion polonaise. Repozytorium Cyfrowe Instytutów Naukowych, rcin.org.pl.
- 12.Leminski, Paulo. Catatau . 3 édition, critique et annotée. Curitiba : Travessa dos Editores, 2004.
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A medal minted by the Dutch West India Company in 1637 in honour of Krzysztof Arciszewski as a cartographic source, Polish Cartographical Review, 2018Crossref registry
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